Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😊 Cheers, Paul 👍

Thank you Lee! That's very kind of you. Glad you enjoyed the update. Take care, Paul 👍

Thank you Martyn! Glad you are enjoying my Stroudwater, and T&S Canal Updates series. Another one should land early this spring - much going on with the Westfield Lock (re)uncovering, as well as the Eastington Locks restoration, and the latest on Brimscombe Port too. Happy New Year to you too, Cheers, Paul.

Thank you Roy! Hope you have a great weekend. Take care, Paul.

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it! Cheers, Paul.

Thank you Michael. Glad you enjoyed it. I loved putting it all together. It is simply an incredible feat of engineering. I would love to see it open, but very unlikely to happen in my lifetime. Thanks again, take care, Paul 👍🙂

Thank you so much! Thanks for subscribing too. Cheers, Paul.

Hi Ron! Thank you for a lovely comment. Yes, so much going on with these canals at the moment. I will try and keep my lovely subscribers abreast of all the latest developments on the Stroudwater and T&S. Have a great weekend Ron. Take care, Paul.

Thank you so much, and thank you for supporting Watto and Kim's channel too. Glad you enjoyed the video 📸👍 Cheers, Paul 🙂

Hello! And welcome to Westcountry Wanderings. Yes, I have been a subscriber of Ron over on Parkinsons Walks almost since he started some 6 years ago, and I set up my own channel when I was living in Devon. I now live in Gloucestershire, but frequently visit Devon and Cornwall as I still have family there. Yes, there are 11 updates in the Stroudwater and T&S Canal series so far; I will continue with the updates as and when the exciting restoration continues. As you say, the T&S goes through some stunning scenery. I have also done videos about the Kennett & Avon Canal, the Droitwich Canals and the Grand Western Canal. I have just started covering the Bude Canal in Cornwall which I hope to do more of next year. There are playlists covering all of the other series that I do, like the Severn Way, the Cotswold Walks and my Railway Series. You are most welcome here. Take care, Paul.

Thank you Michael! Cheers, Paul.

Thank you Louise! Glad you enjoyed it. It really enjoyed making this - particularly 'The Kings Reach' section of the canal - I was lucky with the light; it enhanced the autumnal colours and the canal bed. Thanks so much for watching and commenting 🙂👍 Cheers Paul

Thank you John! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, wouldn't it be amazing to see it reopened fully again. Be brilliant for tourism as you say. Take care, Paul.

Thank you Faith. I think it went out on Gardener's World on Friday 7th October - should still be on the iPlayer. I filmed it over a week ago, as these take so long to put together. Thank you, take care, Paul 🙂👍

Thank you Kim! It is funny, really, because although I grew up very close to the (then abandoned, and largely over grown) Stroudwater Canal in the 1960s & 1970s, I never took any notice of it then, despite my mum's uncle being one of the early members of the Canal Trust. It is only since I've returned to Gloucestershire last year, after living for decades in Cornwall, that I have taken an active interest in it. One of the reasons for that was watching YT Channels like 'Cruising the Cut' and the much missed ' The Narrowboat Experience' for several years previously. Thanks again for a lovely comment, and hope you both have a fab weekend too! Cheers, Paul.

Thank you Peter. Glad you enjoyed update 11 in my ongoing series about the Stroudwater and T&S canals. Part 14 will probably arrive in about a month or so. I think the reason for the shaft method of construction, is that it is easier to pull the soil and rock dug out to make the shaft in an up and down direction using buckets and rope, rather than digging longitudinal and trying to pull it out the same way as you are digging through due to space (and ventilation) in the tunnel passage. The shafts serve a dual purpose in improving air flow in the tunnel, which is vital in a tunnel this length. Much easier nowadays with tunnel boring machines, which remove the debris and pass it backwards along the tunnel it has dug, and air fans and ducting for air flow at the top. Thanks again, take care, Paul.

Thank you Stephen and Yhana! Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, lots of work to do to get the canal back fully in use, but it could be reconnected to the network in as little as four years or so. I will keep my viewers and subscribers updated on my channel. Thanks so much for supporting and watching my channel. Take care, Paul 🙂👍

That's really interesting Steven. Coincidentally, I couldn't sleep last night and 'Northhanger Abbey' was on BBC Radio 4xtra. She (the central protagonist, Catherine Morland, in the novel) mentioned the new canal near Chippenham (Wilts & Berks Canal) which would have been constructed around then. Thanks for watching! Cheers, Paul.

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂👍Yes, although they have marked out the new diagonal route of the canal on the Whitminster side of the M5, they haven't begun to excavate it - yet! You can be assured I will do my level best to bring you the latest right here on this channel as soon as they do so. Take care, Paul 👍

Thank you - checking out your channel right now! Thanks for the subscribe. Cheers, Paul.